Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Xu Manyue paused, turned to look at her, and smiled embarrassedly.

"This...I'm afraid it won't work."

"The captain should have told you that every household is now living on the little relief food distributed a few days ago."

"I can't even afford to eat at home now, so I'm planning to borrow some from you."

Shen Minghua's face froze. "Sister-in-law, I remember I have something else to do. I'll go back first."

After saying that, she left in a hurry, as if she was afraid of being entangled by something.

After sending the people away, Xu Manyue gave Shen Qingqing some instructions, and then took Shen Baozhu to school.

It wasn't long before I arrived at school.

Meng Xiao found Xu Manyue and called her to a deserted corner.

"Sister Manyue, Shen Jianping came to see me the day before yesterday. He even brought two eggs. I clearly rejected him, but he still didn't give up. So I used the method you taught me to temporarily reject him."

"It's just... I'm just afraid that he didn't take what I said to heart."

She is an unmarried young lesbian, and she is often visited by a strange man. It would be terrible if rumors spread.

Xu Manyue understood her hidden meaning, she took her hand and comforted her gently.

"Don't worry, I'm planning to find something for him to do. If that works, he shouldn't bother you anymore."

Whether it is learning technology or learning a craft, it is not that simple and it takes at least one or two years to learn it.

Given Shen Jianping's personality, it would probably take more than one or two years, at least two or three years, before he could learn something meaningful. By then, Meng Xiao would have already returned to the city.

"Sister Man Yue, I feel relieved with your words."

Meng Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, she remembered something and said a little embarrassedly, "By the way, Sister Manyue, do you know where to collect firewood?"

She bought an iron pot and a kitchen knife, and there was some food left, but no firewood.

She didn't dare go to the nearby mountains. She was already tired enough from attending classes every day, and after get off work, she had no time to collect firewood.

Xu Manyue thought for a moment and said, "I do know someone who can help you get some firewood."

"Who is it?" Meng Xiao became happy when he heard it.

Xu Manyue leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words, but she was afraid that she would be worried, so she added a few more reminders, asking her not to let anyone see it and to be careful.

This kind of thing is not allowed, but in the countryside generally no one will pursue it. However, if you happen to encounter a few people who want to interfere, it will be troublesome to deal with.

But Yang Erming is a smart kid. He often secretly sends some firewood to the town to sell. As long as Meng Xiao is fine, there should be no problem.

Meng Xiao nodded and said, "Sister Manyue, don't worry, I know my limits. I'll go after school."

Soon, it was time for class.

Xu Manyue returned to the class and, as usual, she helped the student in the class and began to review for the upcoming junior high school entrance examination.

A few days ago, Principal Qian asked her again, and between the lines he asked how confident she was that at least two of these four people could be admitted to junior high school.

Xu Manyue didn't say anything definite, she just said she would try her best.

But after so many days of hard work, she was actually 80% sure that all four of them would be admitted to junior high school.

……

After get off work, Xu Manyue sent Shen Baozhu home first, and then she rode her bicycle directly to the town.

Not long after, after some inquiries, she found her way to a large courtyard carrying a basket full of things and knocked on the gate of a small courtyard.

The person who opened the door was a white-haired lady. She first looked Xu Manyue up and down, and her gaze moved from her face to the vegetable basket covered with a piece of cloth.

The old lady's expression brightened slightly. "Who are you looking for?"

Xu Manyue looked around to see that there was no one around, so she lifted a corner of the cloth covering the vegetable basket, revealing the bright yellow cornmeal and sweet potatoes inside, and then quickly covered it again.

"Aunt, you don't remember me. I am Man Yue, your distant niece."

When Aunt Li saw the things, the wrinkles on her face piled up again and again, and her previous cold attitude changed.

She stepped aside to let Xu Manyue into the house. "How could I forget this? It's been so many years since we last met. I was a little dazed just now, but no wonder you looked so familiar to me."

After entering the house.

Aunt Li immediately closed the door and stared at the basket in Xu Manyue's hand. "Daughter, tell me, what are you doing here today?"

"If you're looking for my man, don't blame me for not reminding you. You'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible. He doesn't accept disciples."

Her husband is a famous brick-making master in this town. With his skills, many people come to him and want him to take in some apprentices.

However, these days, it is not easy to accept an apprentice. How can you teach the skills of making a living to an outsider? You have your own son.

Xu Manyue looked around the small yard, where seven or eight children were huddled together doing their homework. All of them, big and small, were starving to the point of being skin and bones.

There were even two girls who had developed edema due to hunger, and their bodies looked like swollen buns.

She withdrew her gaze, raised her hand to lift the cloth covering the vegetable basket, and walked in front of Aunt Li.

"Auntie, look, this is two pounds of corn flour, some sweet potatoes, and this..."

Aunt Li looked at the things she took out at the beginning. Although she was tempted, she did not lose her composure.

It wasn't until Xu Manyue took out a piece of pork that her eyes lit up instantly and she couldn't help swallowing.

"Pork, it's actually pork!"

It looked like it weighed at least four ounces, and it was all white fat. This gift was no small expense. Nowadays, buying pork not only required money and tickets, but also connections.

If you don't have any connections with the meat processing plant, you won't be able to get meat even if you go there early in the morning.

Their family hasn't eaten meat for almost a year, let alone such good fat meat.

Several children who were doing their homework also ran up, their eyes glowing green and their mouths watering, "Mom, it's meat, it's meat."

"Mom, there are also cornmeal and sweet potatoes."

"Mom, can I eat meat today?"

They all had city household registration. Although they had a fixed food ration every month, the little brats were eating their father out of money. Although the Li family was not starving to death, they could only eat until they were 40% full every day.

Look, in the blink of an eye, the eldest son in the family is about to get married, and the future daughter-in-law has a rural household registration. Even if she marries into their family, there is no commercial grain, and the family’s food problem will only become more serious in the future.

Aunt Li saw her five or six children staring at the piece of meat. She was very annoyed and was about to ask Xu Manyue to leave.

But when her eyes fell on the half pound of fat again, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, "Girl, how about I exchange money and tickets with you?"

It doesn’t matter if adults don’t eat some oily food, but children cannot be careless.

The family hadn't had any meat for almost a year. Seeing the child getting thinner and thinner, and even suffering from edema due to hunger, she was worried.

Xu Manyue shook her head, put away the four taels of fat meat, put it back into the vegetable basket, and covered it with a cloth to block the Li family's view.

"Aunt, we spent a lot of effort to get this meat. We did it so that we could find a chef for my brother-in-law."